Hinged support for window-sash.



.No; 755,311. PATENTED MAR.22,1904. P. 1). PALMER.-

HINGED SUPPORT FOR WINDOW SASH.

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PATENT OFFICE.

FREMONT D. PALMER, or NORWICH, CONNECTICUT.

HINGED SUPPORT FOR WINDOW-SASH- SPECIFICATION forining part of LettersPatent No. 755,311, dated March 22, 1904.

- Application'filed November 28,1903. Serial No. 183,310. (Nd'madeL) Toall whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREMONT D. PALMER, a

.citizen of the United States, residing at Norwich, in the county of NewLondon and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hinged Supports for Window-Sash, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description. I

The object of this invention is to provide simple, cheap, and convenientmeans for supporting windows during the operation of cleaning the same,and particularly to provide means whereby such windows may be readilyswung inward, so that the outer face of the glass may be easily reachedand washed.

It is now the common practice when washing the outside of windows bothin private and public buildings to either remove the sash entirely fromthe window-frame or to stand upon the ledge outside the window and washthe latter without removing the sash, this latter and most common methodbeing very hazardous, particularly in high buildings. By the aid of mynewly-invented device the washing operation may be easily and safelyperformed and the lifting and adjusting of the sash avoided.

In order to explain my said invention, I have provided the accompanyingsheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a portion of a window-sashand also portions of the adjacent windowframe, the sash being supportedby my newlyinvented device, as I shall explain in detail later on. Fig.2 is a view of a portion of the window-frame having secured to its innerface a bracket which forms one of the elements of my new device. Fig. 3is a side view of an arm by means of which the upper portion of thewindow-sash may be hinged to a bracket of the class shown in Fig. 2.Figs. 4 and 5 are side and top views of an arm by means of which thelower portion of the sash may be similarly hinged to one of thedescribed brackets. Fig. 6 shows a portion of one of the stop-beads andillustrates the outward appearance of the novel means by which the saidstop-bead is removably secured to the window-frame. Fig. 7 is a view ofa por- 5 tion of the window-frame, showing mounted thereon an escutcheonthat formsone of the elements of my stop-bead locking device. In Fig. 8I'have illustrated the reverse side of said escutcheon and also an edgeview of the same. Fig. 9 shows end and side views of the button thatcoacts with the said escutcheon, as I shall explain more fully later.

Referring to the drawings, the letter a denotes a portion of awindow-frame, b, a part of the stop-bead screwed to the said frame,

and c the lower window-sash mounted to slide in said frame. Thestop-bead I prefer to make in two parts, the upper part being preferablyscrewed fixedly to the window-frame and the lower part being fastened tosaid frame by some convenient means, whereby it may be readily removedwithout the use of a screwdriver or other special implement. Such ameans for fastening the lower portion of the stop-bead in place is shownin Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9, in which 6' indicates a thin metal plate thatis secured to the window-frame, said plate being provided with anelongated central opening 6 of sufiicient size to receive abutton 5formed on one end of a bar 6 the other end of said bar being formed likea slotted screw-head If.- The bars 5* are of such length that whenmounted in the stop-bead the buttons 6 project beyond the inner face ofthe bead sufficiently to enter the elongated openings 6 in theescutcheons b, and it will be understood that a half-turn of the buttonwill then operate to lock the stop-bead to the window-frame. In orderthat the said bead may be held snugly against the window-frame, Iprovide on the reverse face of the escutcheons oppositelyinclinedsurfaces I), that are engaged by the ends of the button as the latter isswung into its locking position, the said inclined surfaces serving ascams or wedges to draw the stop- --bead into closer engagement with thewindowinsert in the lower plate cl the dovetail portion d of a bracket6, which latter has hinged to it an arm 6 that is formed with twoupwardly-extending spurs or studs 0 that are adapted to entercorresponding holes in the lower portion of the sash, as seen in Fig. 1of the drawings, and after having thus connected the lower portion ofthe sash to the lower bracket I connect the upper portion of said sashwith a similar hinged bracket having an arm g, that is formed withdownwardlyprojecting spurs 9, that engage holes in the upper portion ofthe sash, as seen in the drawings.

It will now be understood that I will have removed the lower half of thestop-bead on each side of the window-frame and that the sash issupported in hinged relation to one side of the window-frame, and itwill be obvious that the sash may be swung inward on the temporaryhinges thus provided, so that the outer face of the glass may be readilyreached and cleaned. After cleaning the outer face of the window thesash may be swung back to its operative position in the Windowframe. Thearms 6 and g are then removed and the lower portions of the stop-beadsreturned to their respective places on each side of the window-frame.The plates (2 should be permanently attached to the windowframes; but asingle pair only of the arms 0 and g-are required, as they would betransferred from window to window during the operation of cleaning thelatter.

It will thus be seen that with the use of my described hinging device itwill become an easy and exceedingly safe operation to wash the outerfaces of windows.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- In combination, awindow-frame, a sash slidably mounted therein, said sash being providedwith holes in its upper and lower edges, and hinges removably attachedto the windowframe and formed with spurs adapted to engage the saidholes.

Signed at Norwich, Connecticut, this 24th day of November, 1903.

FREMONT D. PALMER.

Witnesses:

FRANK H. ALLEN, FRANK S. DEWIRE.

